(Documents Relating to) Slavery/Freedmen (Prior to 1866)

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Brown, J. M.

Indenture by Capt. J. M. Brown. Endorsement: J.M. Brown; Joseph Bowden; D. B. Nichols, J.V.W. Vanderbourgh.
Brown, John, Photograph.

Photograph of John Brown kissing negro child on his way to his execution.
Carrington, James.

The condition of the /sic/ hiring of the slaves belonging to the estate of Duncan McLean, decd. Conditions outlined by administrator for clothing, provisions, period of hire, and type of work for slaves hired out by the estate.
Carr, Mary A.

Deed of gift, Georgetown District, South Carolina, by which Mary A. Carr gives to Sarah E. Carr, two female slaves, Annette and Lvina to have and hold forever.
Carter, Julia, Letter.

Letter to “My Dear Emma." Regarding life in Tuskegee during the war, purchased D.E. Williams.
Carter, Julia, Letter.

Letter to “My Dear Emma”, Tuskegee, AL, losses during war time and perceptions of Civil War.
Carter, Stephen.

Document, Charlestown District of South Carolina authorizing the search of slave woman, Nanny and free Negro Charles.
Cermbands (Negroes).

Cermbands (Negroes). Statement from a Negro named Punch that he and another Negro, Manwell Sinclair borrowed two mules from a Johnson to help carry some of their load. Incomplete. Purchased from Alvin Lohr, March 6, 1962.
Certificate, appointing Justices of Oyer and Terminer to enforce an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1764.

Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1764, directed the trial of slaves committing capital, critics, and for the more effectual punishing conspiracies and insurrections of them, and for the better government of Negroes, Mulattoes, and Indians, bond or, free .... Signed as witness by Patrick Henry
Cesar.

quaint will of a Negro slave in 1773. Norwalk, Connecticut /February 13, 1773/. Purchased: Hobby Shop, 10/28/38, $0.10. Verso: A mother's letter to her son in 1789. Transcript of letter written by Mary Wright Alsop to Joseph W. Alsop.
Cheatham, Silas.

Certificate of registration for Mary Ellen Walden, formerly Bailey, a free woman of color., Chesterfield County.
Cheatham, Silas.

Certificate of registration of Richard Tho. Coghill, a free man of color, Chesterfield County Court Clerk's Office, Virginia. Endorsement: Silas Cheatham.
Cheatham, Silas.[see OG 423]

Certificate of registration of Richard Tho. Coghill, a free man of color, Chesterfield County Court Clerk's Office, Virginia. Endorsement: Silas Cheatham.
Child, D. Lee., Letter.

Letter, Wayland, to Louis Hayden, n.p. Purchased from Tuttle, 10/5/38 Recommends a Negro slave girl who was given her freedom by her former employer and is desirous of obtaining employment.
Church Anti-Slavery Society, Boston, MA.

Program for Tuesday, May 24, 1859 at Tremont Temple , Damrell & Moore, Book and Job Printers, 16 Devonshire Street, Boston. Program; the Church Anti-Slavery Society, names of Speakers, hymn, announcements and declaration of Principles and constitutions of the Church Anti-slavery Society.
Clark, Edward.

Purchase of a mulatto boy named Albert by Joseph F. Wilson, Parish of Plagrimus, State of Louisiana.
Cord, Thomas.

Warrant for arrest of Sam Keitty, Negro slave, Harford County, Maryland, upon the oath of Thomas Andrews who fears Keitty will do him harm.
Cord, Thomas.

Indictment against Sam Keitty (Negro slave) certified by Thomas Cord, Justice of the Peace for Harford County Maryland.
Cord, Thomas, Writ of Complaint.

Writ of complaint, 1852? Jan. 22, Harford County, Maryland, by Charles Martin that Negro slave, Sam Keitty robbed him of money.
Coutee, E. H.

Division of the personal estate of E,. H. Coutee.
Dallam, James L.

Dead of emancipation of Jidia and child, Aug. 26, Livingston County, Kentucky.
DeReyster, Fred.

Treasurer's receipt paid for the duty of a Negro slave named Sambose by William Thelly to Fred DeReyster.
Dial, A.B.S.

Indenture of Lydia, a free girl of color to be apprenticed to John F. Hawkins for 10 years, County of Bellford. Purchased from Alvin Lehr, March 2, 1962.
Dideake, Henry M.

Warrant for arrest of Harriet Rouse, a free woman of color 1833 April 3, Lynchburg, Virginia. Purchased from Bookworm & Silverfish, 10/31/79 $35.00
Drean, J.L.

Receipt for purchase of a slaves named James sold to Jonathan Carter, signed by J.L. Drean for William D. Drisk, Leesburg, Virginia.